NEW: Investigators arrested a California train engineer after he allegedly derailed a train in a bid to crash into the USNS Mercy, the hospital ship treating non-COVID-19 patients at the Port of Los Angeles, prosecutors say.
Eduardo Moreno, 44, was expected to appear in court Wednesday for arraignment on train wrecking charges.Around 1 p.m. Tuesday, Moreno allegedly ran the train at full speed off the end of the tracks near the Navy medical boat, smashing through several concrete and chain barriers, before sliding through a parking lot nearly 250 yards from the Mercy, according to the criminal complaint.
No one was injured and the boat wasn't damaged, however, the train leaked a substantial amount of fuel, the complaint said.In this March 27, 2020, file photo, The USNS Mercy enters the Port of Los Angeles in Los Angeles.A California Highway Patrol officer caught Moreno as he allegedly tried to escape from the scene, according to the complaint.
"Moreno stated that he acted alone and had not pre-planned the attempted attack," according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Central District of California."While admitting to intentionally derailing and crashing the train, he said he knew it would bring media attention and 'people could see for themselves,' referring to the Mercy."
In an interview with FBI agents, Moreno stated that"he did it out of the desire to ‘wake people up,’" according to the complaint. Investigators are still reviewing surveillance footage from the scene, including inside the locomotive.
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